First of all, you start the grooming process from day one . . . the children that you’re interested in . . . You find a child you might be attracted to . . . For me, it might be nobody fat. It had to be a, you know, a nice-looking child . . . You maybe look at a kid that doesn’t have a father image at home, or a father that cares about them . . . if you’ve got a group of twenty-five kids, you...
When children tell lies or whine to get what they want, the problem isn’t just the words that they use or how they say it. Instead, when a child acts out verbally, it’s important to get to the heart of the matter. Rather than focusing on behavior modification, the new Teaching Children to Use Their Words Wisely series written by Ginger Hubbard and Al Roland places a strong emphasis on the why...
There seem to be two types of stories about missional work. The first, and perhaps most prevalent, is triumphal. These are stories of work in hard places, of people coming to faith, and of missionaries who seem like superheroes. The second type of missionary stories often come from people who have become disillusioned and see missionaries as foolish or dangerous. Those stories show ways...
There is a bright tomorrow coming when Christ returns. On that day, we will live in the world we’ve always longed for—a place of perfect joy, a home where hard times will never come again. In the meantime, it is through many tribulations that we must enter the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22). As we await an imperishable inheritance, we will be, for a little while, grieved by various trials (1 Peter...
Jesus taught spiritual truths with real-life stories. As a parent, grandparent, or Sunday School teacher, you have probably read these stories hundreds of times. Have you ever noticed how many of Jesus’s parables are about seeds, plants, and growth? These stories are more than just tips for a past agricultural age—they are rich lessons for us today. The parables teach us how to water, feed, and...
